Tom Petty: A Life in Photos

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Oct 3, 2017

Tom Petty, a rock superstar whose massive collection of hits included "Free Fallin,'" "Refugee" and "American Girl," died Monday at age 66 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles a day after he suffered cardiac arrest.

Petty and his longtime band the Heartbreakers had recently completed a 40th anniversary tour. Petty broke through in the 1970s and went on to sell more than 80 million records.